Financial Crisis in the United States

This work analyzes the relationship between financial crisis and FDI inflow in the United States. Financial crisis is measured through such economic and financial parameters as S&P 500 index, S&P/Case-Shiller home price index, and national unemployment rate. FDI is understood as the investment defined by the IMF the acquisition of at least ten percent of the ordinary shares or voting power in a public or private enterprise by nonresident investors. In three separate functions it is analyzed whether there is a significant evidence of relationship between FDI and unemployment, S&P 500 price index, and S&P/Case- Shiller Home price index. Also a model looking at significance of S&P 500 and S&P/Case-Shiller indices in predicting FDI is analyzed. The model analyses showed that FDI does a good job in predicting S&P 500 and S&P/Case-Shiller indices, and does not predict unemployment. Also, S&P 500 and S&P/Case-Shiller indices together do not predict FDI, but S&P/Case-Shiller index separately does. The findings of the study will be helpful for decision makers of multinational companies having a significant share of foreign investments.

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Farid Gardashbayov received his Master's degree in Public Administration at Indiana University-Bloomington. He currently works for regional office of BP in Azerbaijan and trains professionals in Business Economics and Accounting. Farid is the co-author of two books and plenty of articles on financial issues in Azerbaijan and the world.